Si doping efficiency in GaAs grown at low temperatures

Abstract
The doping efficiency of Si (≡[e−]/[Si]) has been measured as a function of substrate temperature Ts, beam-equivalent As4-to-Ga fluence ratio R, and beam supply conditions to probe the kinetic limitations of low-temperature GaAs homoepitaxy. The doping efficiency decreases strongly with increasing R at low Ts due, we suggest, to electron trapping at defects caused by excess As incorporation.